…of hearing officers, Section 4 changes the description of the WAPA executive director and C.F.O qualifications and responsibilities and creates a position of board counsel for the authority, Section 5 intends to increase the accou…
…summoned by the 34th Legislature to answer questions relative to a WAPA audit sent to the V.I. Dept. of Justice years ago, yet senators have had no knowledge of its contents. The Consortium will carry the hearing live on its Faceb…
…were often undervalued and underestimated. He entered WAPA with the electrical system freshly restored from the 2017 hurricanes and at a time when WAPA was struggling to resume its monthly billing. Mr. Kupfer stabilized the Author…
…approved on Friday, is the latest obligation of FEMA monies to WAPA to execute a myriad of mitigation projects that are aimed at building a more reliable, efficient, and resilient electrical system in the territory, WAPA said. “To…
…at the hearing supported the Bill, others felt that it only copies WAPA's governing board's powers. Lawrence Kupfer, the Executive Director/CEO of VIWAPA, told lawmakers, "the proposed Bill seeks to undermine five decades of legis…
Mark Kragel, who worked at WAPA for a decade as its deputy legal counsel, is no longer employed at the authority, WAPA Communications Director Jean Greaux has confirmed to the Consortium. In a brief statement to the publication, W…
Sabrina King-Leonce, who has been accused in a lawsuit against WAPA filed by whistleblower and WAPA employee for over 19 years, Rupert Pelle, of refusing to recuse herself from WAPA's attempt to purchase the old Bureau of Internal…
…examiner’s report before voting on proposed changes to sky-high WAPA electric utility rates. According to a document obtained by the Consortium, PSC Hearing Examiner Kye Walker was forced to delay her report because of the Water a…
The WAPA base utility rate controversy has taken another twist. A week before the V.I. Public Services Commission (PSC) is set to vote on whether the power authority gets the rate changes it had aggressively pushed for, the power …
WAPA executives were the recipients of an all-day scolding by members of the 33rd Legislature earlier this month. Senators blasted the officials for the the unreliability of the authority, its sky-high utility rate and the seeming…
…calling on Virgin Islands lawmakers to support a territory-wide WAPA State of Emergency and other measures that hold the Water and Power Authority accountable to the public. Shoppers at the Tutu Park Mall jumped at the chance to a…
…at Government House on Wednesday. Mr. Vogel said 99.7 percent of WAPA customers territory-wide had been restored, and he went on to praise the efforts of WAPA as well as the off-island linemen for their work. "What a great job tha…
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